Saint Clare spoke first before I even started talking, so I pretended to listen to her in silence.

I couldn’t reveal the fact that I had seen the future, so I had to make various excuses when I brought it up first, but when Saint Clare spoke first, I was able to move on to the topic naturally just by arguing.

Actually, I prepared a few excuses, but I had the idea that it would be awkward either way, so it was fortunate that Saint Claire spoke first.

So, as soon as she finished speaking, I curiously asked Saint Clare why she had to leave the academy.

“What do you mean you won’t be at the academy next week?”

“I’m going to start cleaning up the forgotten village with the Eurem Paladins. Although it is during the semester, I decided to pay a week’s leave and go on a business trip because it was a schedule I had to participate in.”

Cleanup of the forgotten village.

As expected, the Orthodox Church seemed to be trying to do this in this lifetime as well.

The reason he could have predicted this was exactly this time was because he heard the news that the vice-captain of the Eurem Holy Knights had risen to the level of a sword master.

The cleanup of the forgotten village was originally planned about a year ago, but it was postponed because the vice-captain, Allen Dwight, had the sword master right in front of him.

It would not be a vigilant task, so the judgment was excellent in its own way in the sense of making sure to prepare before going.

If the Order of the Holy Knights consisted of two sword masters and 20 sword experts, it would have been easy to save a village encroached on by dark magic.

Indeed, no one in Orthodoxy would have doubted their success.

He must have thought so because he did not know that he was stationed in the area encroached by dark magic.

The Holy Knights, consisting of two sword masters and twenty sword experts, could barely save a small village and were annihilated.

And even after death, the corpse could not find rest and was resurrected as the undead of the Sword Master and Sword Expert, so it could be seen as one of the worst events that had ever occurred in the previous life.

That’s why somehow I also participated in this work and was devising a way to prevent a confirmed tragedy.

Thanks to St. Claire’s story that arrived just in time, the worry of finding an excuse was reduced.

“I will go too, Saint Clare.”

“Yeah?”

A mysterious voice came out from beyond the crystal ball, probably not expecting this kind of reaction from me.

“I will also participate in the purification work as a temporary escort knight for the saintess.”

“… Are you serious?”

“If you’re not serious, why would you even bring up such a story?”

“Um… … .”

Saint Clare’s troubled voice continued from the crystal sphere, as if she was hesitant about my proposal.

“I’m in the middle of the semester, are you okay? What about Mr. Conrad’s grade?”

“I have already earned enough credits to graduate. And there are no classes that deserve to be failed just because they take a week off.”

“By the way, what happened all of a sudden? It is true that I first asked you to accompany me to the Great Church of Madea last time, but I didn’t expect you to join me this time, even though I wasn’t specifically asking for it… .”

“Of course, it is because it is related to the Dark Church. To eradicate everything related to the Dark Church from this continent. That is the greatest goal of my life, Saint Clare.”

“… You certainly said that the other day.”

Saint Clair also seemed to remember the story we had after finishing the monster territory battle in the north.

“… I see. First of all, I will negotiate with the Holy Knights. I will take one of my personal escort knights.”

“Thank you, Saint Clare.”

“Actually, I didn’t think I would ask Mr. Conrad if he would like to accompany me. I put it aside because I was afraid that the Holy Knights would find fault with it. I thought it would be troublesome for Mr. Conrad as well. But at least Mr. Conrad says it’s okay, so it shouldn’t be too bad.”

You will probably hear a sound with a high probability. Most of the Holy Knights belonging to the Orthodox Church are nobles, so their pride is high.

Needless to say, especially if it was the Eurem Holy Knights, all of which consisted of at least sword experts.

It’s a companion I don’t like very much, but just for that reason, the Orthodox Church’s strongest troops could not be dedicated entirely to the Dark Church.

“If you are going to accompany us, we will be leaving this Friday. I’ll let you know on Thursday if the deal went well.”

“Thank you very much, Saint Clare.”

It was four days ago that I had such a conversation with Saint Clare through the magic communication crystal sphere.

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Time passed and it was Friday evening.

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Just yesterday I heard from St. Claire that I had been allowed to participate, so I skipped even the morning class and stood in front of the academy church building, waiting for St. Claire.

Even if you go through the warp gate, you have to spend at least half a day to get to the base of the Eurem Paladins, and I heard that it takes two days to move from there to the forgotten village again.

In fact, it was a long journey that took six days round trip.

I can’t help it. The warp gate near the village that was engulfed by dark magic was broken right away. Had it been left behind, it would have caused even greater confusion.

Eurem Holy Knights.

It is a matter of course, but it was a group that I had never met in person in my previous life.

It was more than a year and a half from now that Stella was chosen as the hero and her demon subjugation party was created.

It was after they had all died or become undead in the cleanup of a forgotten village that I had any chance to connect with them.

Since Saint Clare was still at the academy and had not weakened by excessive use of the power of fate, the possibility of getting involved was open.

If there was no justification at all, no matter how much I knew the future, there would be no way to save it, but since I had that justification, I couldn’t ignore the massacre that would happen within my reach.

What happened at the Cherryfield Orphanage, the Professor Hemes case, and the cleanup of the World Tree forest were all resolved not simply because they were future colleagues, but because they were within my reach.

Even if the Eurem Holy Knights had nothing to do with me in my two lifetimes, let alone a relationship, there was no option to throw away the lives of the imperial troops that could be saved.

Even Saint Clare was in a situation where she had been hired for the purification work, so it couldn’t be said that I had nothing to do with it.

Although it was not possible to figure out how much synergy the saintess Claire, who had full power, would create when she cooperated with the Eurem Paladins.

At least in the past life, even though there were two sword masters, they were annihilated without causing significant damage, so it was hard to imagine that a single Saint Clare would change the extreme war situation.

As the opponent was an opponent, the more power the better.

At least, it must be said that he has the strength of the Seely Willy he encountered in the North.

So, I have no choice but to join, even with an excuse. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t be at ease.

Fortunately, the Orthodox Church gave permission to accompany up to one person to the post of her escort driver, so I barely crossed the last gate to participate in the cleanup of the forgotten village.

Of course, that didn’t actually mean that I could accompany you on this journey with respect.

“… … Hmm.”

Seeing the paladin glaring at me in front of the fancy carriage of the Orthodox Church, he must have been the person sent by the Order of the Holy Knight to take Saint Clare back.

Since he wouldn’t have dispatched a rogue to accompany the saintess to a long distance, he must have been a sword master or someone who belonged to the upper ranks among sword experts.

Of course, since I was not familiar with the members of the Eurem Paladins, it was impossible to tell them apart just by looking at their faces.

I just guessed his skills based on his spirit and leaking energy.

Thinking of exchanging greetings before Saint Clare comes out, I approached him and held out my hand.

“I am Conrad Perdalos, who will accompany the saintess as an escort knight. Can I say hello if you don’t mind?”

“… … .”

He stared blankly at my outstretched hand, then carefully reached out his hand as well, catching it.

“… Allen Dwight. I am the vice-captain of the Eurem Holy Knights.”

This is the newly born Sword Master.

“Looking at him from a distance, I thought he had a different spirit, but he was also a high-ranking person. It’s an honor to meet you, Vice-Captain Dwight.”

“I expected quite a bit because the saintess is someone I trust, but I don’t feel the slightest bit of divine power.”

“To my shame, I have lived a life a little far from devout faith. However, my loyalty to Saint Clare is sincere, so please don’t misunderstand.”

“If you are loyal to the saintess, you should be well aware that this act is not very helpful in maintaining her position.”

The fact that Saint Clare accompanied her escort knights on her journey could mean, in other words, that she did not trust the Eurem Holy Knights.

If interpreted broadly, it could be seen that they do not simply distrust the Eurem Holy Knights, but that they doubt the eyes of the Orthodox Church.

It was undeniable that it was an act that gave her an excuse to get caught after she had escaped the ruse at the Great Church of Madea.

The man in front of me must be pointing out that part as well.

“Looking at you saying that, Vice-captain Dwight seems to have quite a solid opinion of St. Claire’s place in the Orthodox Church.”

“Isn’t that obvious? It’s different from you, who puts the saintess in trouble just to satisfy your own self-interest. If you withdraw from this schedule even now, the position of the saintess who has lost trust will be restored to her place.”

“Thanks for the advice, but I don’t mean to.”

Gnome’s trust, trust. There was a tendency to evaluate the value of trust exceptionally higher, probably because it was a group of people who were hung up on their religious beliefs.

Of course, he had no intention of stepping down from this position for that reason and throwing Saint Clare into a forgotten village where a dangerous guy lurked.

How could she trust the Holy Knights, who had already failed once, and leave Saint Clare alone? It’s a stupid decision.

No matter how important trust was, it could not protect his life.

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Just as the conversation was about to end, St. Claire began to walk out of the church building.

“I didn’t know you two were talking before me.”

Appearing in a pure white priestly uniform rather than an academy uniform, she greeted me and Allen Dwight alternately.

“It’s been a while, saintess.”

“It’s been a while, Vice-captain Allen. The last time we saw each other was probably at Willia’s appointment as an escort knight, right?”

“It’s an honor to remember you, saintess.”

Perhaps because he was a member of the Orthodox Church, this man named Allen Dwight seemed to have known Saint Clare from before.

“It looks like we’ve already talked about it, but just in case you don’t know, let me introduce you one more time. This is Prince Conrad Perdalos, who acts as my escort knight at the academy on behalf of Willia.”

“We have already talked about it, but Saint Clare introduced us, so let me greet you again, Prince Conrad Perdalos.”

Looking at Allen’s disapproving gaze from a moment ago and changing his attitude at once, it seemed that at least he wasn’t harboring malicious feelings for Saint Clare.

“Mr. Conrad, this is Viscount Allen Dwight, vice-captain of the Eurem Paladins. He is said to have reached the level of a sword master not too long ago, so his skills are guaranteed.”

Unlike me, who had not yet inherited the position, the other side was actually an aristocrat with the status of a viscount.

Of course, the difference in status between the Viscount and the Viscount Confucius was obvious. At least the difference between Marquis Confucius and Viscount Confucius.

Due to the nature of the position of a paladin, it was unavoidable that there were many high-ranking nobles.

“It’s an honor to meet you, Deputy General Manager Allen Dwight.”

Still, in the current situation, I was participating as a knight in the escort of Saint Clare, so the difference in status could be sufficiently omitted.

There was no vertical hierarchy between the Eurem Paladins and the Saint’s escort knights, so I didn’t have to be more polite to him than necessary.

“… Since we have to go a long way, let’s make a quick start. Please get in the carriage, saintess.”

Deputy Commander Allen, intentionally ignoring my greeting, opened the door of the Orthodox carriage, and Saint Clare and I took our seats in the carriage in turn.

Finally, after vice-captain Allen climbed into the carriage, the Orthodox carriage began to leave the academy.

For some reason, the intuition that it would be an arduous journey was creeping up.